The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 7th October 2015 There are 15 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 7th October 2015. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Come right, ousted by church recordARCHIVEAAcross 5: Oh, very sad — we cut and ranOVERSAWAAcross 9: Looking fit, if half unbuttonedTONEDAAcross 10: In the act (Act II, ii), like MacbethRED-HANDEDAAcross 10: In the act (Act II, ii), like MacbethREDHANDEDAAcross 11: See 17OPPOSITIONAAcross 12: Fast food returned without hesitation is still foodGRUBAAcross 14: Basic stripping of crude mimes and arty frolicsRUDIMENTARYAAcross 18: 10 impose love to embrace a given sweetheartINFLAGRANTEAAcross 21: Set callback in AdelaideLAIDAAcross 22: Model barred from turning on modelSIMULATIONAAcross 25: Greeting funny girl with wig outside the merry-go-roundWHIRLIGIGAAcross 26: Some of Jordan's waterFJORDAAcross 27: See 18DELICTOAAcross 28: Derailing the work of the armed forcesDEFENCEDDown 1: See 3ACTIONDDown 2: Bite is capable of 22CANAPEDDown 3: Strike dictatorial Sunni movementINDUSTRIALDDown 4: Bird feels sad losing wingsEGRETDDown 5: Jack of all trades can supply jambonODD-JOB MANDDown 6: Perhaps oral sex, but not giving head in the morningEXAMDDown 7: Team has true following of starsSIDEREALDDown 8: Nothing like slender girls for unscrupulous traffickersWIDEBOYSDDown 13: Representing no certain job scheme, North Sea oil finally switched offONBEHALFOFDDown 15: Strange to be upset about blundering courageDERRING-DODDown 16: Ben's partner was in debt and showed signs of inflationBILLOWEDDDown 17: Authorised workplace for Labour todayOFFICIALDDown 19: Refuse to acknowledge noise outside broadcastDISOWNDDown 20: The old-fashioned generation's nervousONEDGEDDown 23: Pressed four-page ad to be reduced by halfURGEDDDown 24: Protocol book holding up, briefly and audibly, an obstruction to progress for the alliesBLOC